Tech Meme

Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in physics to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for “foundational discoveries” in machine learning  —  – John J. Hopfield, Geoffrey E. Hinton worked on neural networks  — Their work laid foundations for machine leaning and AI Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: Foxconn Chair Young Liu says the company plans to build a plant in Mexico’s Guadalajara to make Nvidia GB200 Blackwell AI servers, as tech decouples from China  —  Decision to base plant in Guadalajara shows ‘nearshoring’ of supply chains away from China  —  Electronics manufacturing group Foxconn … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A US bankruptcy judge approves repaying FTX customers, and FTX is in talks over $1B in seized US assets; in June 2024, FTX had $12.6B, which may rise to $16.5B  —  – FTX judge approves plan to distribute at least $12.6 billion  — Company in talks over $1 billion seized by prosecutors Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Online gig platforms sought to increase their “take rates” amid slowing growth; PitchBook: Fiverr and Upwork are trading at less than 20% their pandemic peaks  —  Fiverr and Upwork rocketed in value during pandemic lockdowns but are now hit with slowing growth Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Knight / Wired: A look at OpenAI’s ongoing talent exodus, seeming shift in hiring priorities, deep bench of young talent, and the intensifying competition to hire the next wave  —  OpenAI built a reputation for making bold research bets before others.  After a recent brain drain, it needs to attract a new generation of researchers to keep this going. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charles Duhigg / New Yorker: A deep dive into Chris Lehane, super PACs like Fairshake, and some Silicon Valley executives’ political savagery, effectively targeting Katie Porter and others  —  From crypto to A.I., the tech sector is pouring millions into super pacs that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: US SEC filing: KoBold Metals, which uses ML to sift through datasets to identify large deposits of various minerals, has raised $491M of a targeted $527M round  —  Earlier this year, KoBold Metals found what might be one of the largest high-grade copper deposits of all time … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Digiday: TikTok launches Smart+, an AI-powered ad tool that takes on Google’s Performance Max and Meta’s Advantage+, automating creative, ad targeting, and optimization  —  TikTok’s cultural clout is undeniable, but the ad dollars?  Not quite there — yet.  —  That’s where Smart+ comes in … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: US bankruptcy judge approves repaying FTX customers; in June, FTX had $12.6B, which could rise to $16.5B; FTX is in talks with the US over $1B in seized assets  —  – FTX judge approves plan to distribute at least $12.6 billion  — Company in talks over $1 billion seized by prosecutors Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Apple’s macOS 15.0.1 Sequoia, released on October 3, fixed the macOS 15 bug that broke some third-party security tools, including from CrowdStrike and Microsoft  —  In September, Apple released the new version of its computer operating system macOS 15, also known as Sequoia … Lees verder op Tech Meme